How many different kinds of psychic readings are there?

Many, in an attempt to locate and name all of the various kinds of mediums that are available, it is almost certain that one or two have been overlooked. The most common and well-known types of psychic readings are: distant readings, psychometric readings, palm readings, coffee readings, tea leaf readings, tarot cards, aura readings, numerology, and astrology.

Can I find out about the past rather than the future with psychic readings?

It is possible to obtain answers to questions about past events through reading the future Take psychometric for instance; it is mostly associated with missing people. In psychometric the medium will attempt to retrieve information about events, people, or things that happened in the past by focusing on items that were in contact with a person in order to pick up on energy hopefully leading to the current or future location. Normally psychic readings are focused around predicting a person's future rather than the past.

Psychic readings and the instruments used by a medium.

Tarot cards: A deck of 78 tarot cards are used to forecast the future of the person being read. The cards have specific meanings but the meanings will differ depending on the order in which they emerge.

Astrology: This technique of predicting the future can be learned and is based on alignments between stars, planets and a person's birth date. This type of reading does not require insight powers.

Palm reading: The art of reading the lines, curves, shapes, and wrinkles in order to predict the future can also be learned and does not require insight powers.

Numerology: This type of reading is based on a reader's study of numbers and the impact they have on a person's life. Predictions are made based on birth dates, letters in a person's name as well as other things.

That sums up the ins and outs of types of psychic readings and what they entail. A psychic reading can give you insight to the future that you may be interested in knowing.